World War II Museum Submarines

Year Comissioned Name of Submarine / Location
1931 D-2, ex-Narodovolets,
Central Naval Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
WWII Era Italian Maiale"-class Mini-sub
Submarine Force Museum, Groton, CT, USA
1936 HA14/HA21, Japanese Type A (Mato) midget submarines
Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia
1937 Lembit, Estonian mine-laying submarine
Estonian Maritime Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
1938 HA-19, Japanese Type A (Mato) midget submarine
Admiral Nimitz Museume and Historical Center, Fredricksburg, TX, USA
1938 HA-8, Japanese Type A (Mato) midget submarine
Submarine Force Museum, Groton, CT, USA
1938 Japanese Type A (Mato) midget submarine
Maritime Self-Defence Service School, Eta Jima, Japan
1939 K-21, Russian XIV series
Severomorsk, Kola bay, Russia
1939 S-56, Russian IXbis series
Zolotoj Rog, Vladivostok, Russia
1941 U-505, German Type IXC
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL, USA
1941 U.S.S. Drum, SS-228, Gato-class
Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL, USA
1941 U.S.S. Silversides, SS-236, Gato-class
Great Lakes Naval and Maritime Museum, Muskegon, MI, USA
1942 U3
Malmö Sjöfartsmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
1942 U.S.S. Croaker, SS-246, Gato-class
Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Servicemen's Park, Buffalo, NY, USA. [Andrew Toppan has 1944]
1942 U.S.S. Lionfish, SS-298, Balao-class
Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA, USA. [Andrew Toppan has 1944]
1942 U534, German Class IX C40
Historic Warships Birkenhead, Great Britain
1943 Bahia ex USS Plaice
(Museum of Naval Technology), Santos, Brazil
1943 U.S.S. Batfish, SS-310, Balao-class
War Memorial Park, Muskogee, OK, USA
1943 U.S.S. Bowfin, SS-287
Submarine Memorial Park, Honolulu, HI, USA
1943 U.S.S. Cod, SS-224, Gato-class
Cleveland, OH, USA
1943 U.S.S. Pampanito, SS-383, Balao-class
National Maritime Museum, Fisherman's Warf, San Francisco, CA, USA
1943 U.S.S. Ling, SS-297, Balao-class
New Jersey Naval Museum, Hackensack, NJ, USA
1943 Malisan, P 901, ex-Italian CB 20
Technical Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
1943 U-995, German Type VIIC
Marine-Ehrenmal, Laboe, Germany
1943 W 48, Type Welman
Marinemuseet, Horten, Norway.
1944 U.S.S. Cavalla, SS-244, Gato-class
Sea Wolf Park, Galveston, TX, USA
1943 H.M.S. X-24
Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport, Hampshire, England
1944 U.S.S. Becuna, SS-319, Balao-class
Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, PA, USA
1944 German Biber Type
Imperial War Museum, London, Great Britain
1944 German Biber Type
Nederlands Nationaal Oorlogs- en Verzetsmuseum, Overloon, The Netherlands
1944 German Biber Type
Deutsches Museum, München, Germany
1944 Seehund, German Type XXVIIB
Deutsches Museum, München, Germany
1944 Seehund, German Type XXVIIB
Le Base Sous-marine de Lorient, Lorient, France
1944 Seehund, German Type XXVIIB
Submarine Force Museum, Groton, CT, USA
1944 Seehund, German Type XXVIIB
US Naval Memorial Museum, Washington, DC, USA
1944 German Molch Type
Uboot-Lehrgruppe, Neustadt/Holstein, Germany
1944 German Molch Type
Deutsches Museum, München, Germany
1944 Salamander, German Molch Type
Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1944 U.S.S. Cobia, SS-245
Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, WI, USA
1944 U.S.S. Roncador, SS-301, Balao-class
Long Beach, CA, USA
1944 U.S.S. Torsk, SS-423, Tench-class
The Baltimore Maritime Museum, Baltimore, MD, USA
1944 Wilhelm Bauer, ex U-2540
Technikmuseum U-Boot Wilhelm Bauer, Bremerhaven, Germany
1945 Japanese Type Kairyu
Submarine Force Library and Museum, Groton, CT, USA
1945 Japanese Type Kairyu
Maritime Self-Defence Service School, Eta Jima, Japan
1945 HMS Alliance
Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport, Hampshire, England
1945 U.S.S. Clamagore, SS-343
Patriots Point, Charleston, SC, USA
1945 U.S.S. Requin, SSR-481, Tench-class
Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. (This submarine was previously at the USS Requin Memorial, Tampa, FL)
1945 Japanese Kaiten Type 4
Submarine Memorial Park, Honolulu, HI, USA
1945 HMS Expunger, XE 8 midget submarine
Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airfield, Cambridge, Great Britain

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This page last updated 1 June, 2000.